Spittoon for railroad-cars and similar plages



(Nd Model.) 1 r G. 'D. BURTON.

SPITTOON PfiR. RAILROAD CARS AND SIMILAR PLACES. o. 272,206.

Patented Feb. 13,1883.

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GEORGE n. BURTON, on NEW IPSWIUH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SPITTOCN FOR RAILROAD-CARS AND SIMILAR PLACES."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,206, dated February 13, 1888.

I Application filed December 27, 1882. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE D. BURTON, of New Ipswich, county of Hillsborough, State of. New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Spittoons for Railroad-Oars and Similar Places, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to a spittoon for railroad-cars or steamboats or places of similar nature, in which the bowl orreceptacle, open at top and bottom,is set in the floor, its top being flush therewith, and has a movable cover or valve closing its lower end, operated by a handle extending up through the door, so that the spittoon can be emptied and cleaned with- The present invention'consists in the construction of the valve and mechanism for operating it. The periphery of the lower openin g of the receptacle is turned to a sharp edge, and the valve is provided with a flexible annular washer fitted to the said edge, so that wh'n pressed against the bottom of the receptacle it closes it tightly. The valve is pivoted loosely on an arm extending from the lower portion of the bowl, the said arm also forming a fulcrum for a lever, one end of which is connected by a link with the valve, and the other end with the handle that passes up through the floor, so that by raising the handle the valve'is lowered, thus opening the bottom of the receptaole, and by depressing the handle the valve is the receptacle, perfectly closingxit. The bandle, when pressed down, engagesbya suitable shoulder a portion of the metal which forms the handle-socket, and is thnslocked in its de' pressed position, with the valve held tightly against the bottom of the receptacle. The length of the handle is made adjustable, so that the valve may always be' pressed tightly as the parts wear away. By having the valve pivoted loosely it always comes to a hearing at the bottom of the receptacle, the link by which it is pressed acting at the middle of the valve. Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa spittoonembodyingthisinvcntion,itbeingshown asolosed,

ready for use; Fig. 2, a vertical section there of, being shown as open for discharging its contents and cleaning.

, The main portion a or receptacleis provided at, its upper end with a flaring opening, I), and at its lower end with a sharp seat, c,to receive the valve or bottom piece, d, provided with an annular washer, e, ofrubher or other yielding material. The bottom piece, d, is pivoted at2 in an arm,f, extending downward from the lower portion of the receptacle a, the said arm being slotted, as at 3, to permit the bottom piece, 0?, to move slightly toward and from its seat at 0 without rocking on its pivot, to thus enable it to bear uniformly on its seat all around. The bottom piece is connected by a link, it, with one end of a lever, 73, pivoted at 4 on the arm f, the other end of the said lever being connected with a handle consisting of two portions, in a, connected by a right-andleft-threaded not, 0, by which its length may be adjusted as occasion requires. The upper end of the portion a of the handle passes through an opening, 5, in the handle portion 1', recessed to receive the handle at the side of the upper portion of the receptacle a, which is intended to be laid in flush with the floor. (Shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.) The portion not the handle is provided with a shoulder, s, which, when it is in its lowest position, is thrown by the spring t into engagement with the under side of the handle-recess r, thus retaining the said handle in its lowest posi tion and the bottom piece, 01, pressed against its seat, as shown in Fig. 1.

The amount ofpressureof the piece dagainst its seat can be regulated by changing the at top and bottom and provided with an arm extending from its lower portion, of the bottom piece or valve loosely pivoted in the said arm, the lever pivoted on the said arm,link connecting the said lever and valve, and ban dle for actuating the said lever, substantially as described.

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2. The receptacle, open at top and botiom I to this specification in the presenceof twosuband provided with asharp seaflcombined with scribing witnesses.

the valve havin" a washer for the said sent,

its operating-mi er, and actuating-handle ad- BURTON 5,justab1e in length and provided with a lock- Vitnesse's:

jug-shoulder;substantially as described. JOS. P. LIVERMORE,

In testimony whereof I have signed myname BERNICE J. NoYEs. 

